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P. KERRIN, Executor. MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

No. 333,307. Patented Dec. 29, 1885.

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P. KERRIN, Executor. MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

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MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,307, dated December29, 1885.

Application filed April 2, 1885. Serial No. 161,051.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it k nown that THOMAS CULLEN, deceased, late a'citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city, count-y, and State of New York, didinvent certain new and useful Improvements in Fire'Arms, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of firearms in which the barrel issupplied with cartridges transferred successively from the magazine inthe stock; and the invention consists in constructing the breech so thatthe arm may be used both for hand and magazine loading, according to theextent of the movementimparted to the breech; and the invention alsoconsists in certain details of the arm intended to increase itsefficiency.

In the drawings,'Figure 1 is a side view in part longitudinal section ofa magazine-rifle :0 illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side viewof the arm showing the breech up for use in magazine-loading; Fig. 3,the same, showing the breech up for use in hand-load ing; Fig. 4., across-section on the line 1 2,

Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a view of the lock-plate and its appurtenances detached.

A is the barrel of the arm, and B the stock, which contains a feed-channel, 00, through which a succession of cartridges is propelled inany suitable manner, and O is the stock, which is open at one side, 2),Fig. 4, and re cessed for the reception of a vertically-sliding breech,D, having two chambers or receptacles, u a,'arranged one above theother, as

.35 shown in the drawings, and each open at the side which is toward theopen side of the stock. The vertical movement of the breechblock isimparted from a lever, E, pivoted to the stock at a and provided with aroller, 8 40 operating upon the short arm of a lever, S, pivoted to thestock at d and connected by a link, 0, with the sliding breech-block.Within the stock, and back andforth across the opening 0, slides aplate, G, carrying the extractor- 5 finger e and a push-arm, e, enlargedat the inner end to form a push-disk, e, which,when at the limit of itsforward movement, is against the rear end of the barrel. The plate G hasa slot, dotted lines, Fig. 1, receivinga pin, 5, on a lever, T, pivotedat' 6 within the stock, and having an irregular cam-edge, 2, which is(No model.)

acted upon by a stud, 7, carried by the lever E, to efiect the movementsdescribed herein after. As the lever E swings forward in the directionof the arrow, Fig. 3, the breechblock is raised to bring the receptacleu in line with the bore of the barrel, and remain in this position,whenthe extractor-finger and disk e will be carried back through thereceptacle u, and will carry with them the cartridge-case until the rimof the latter strikes apin,f, when the cartridge-case will be thrownoutward as the disk e takes its position above a slot, 9, in thepartition 3, separating the receptacles cu. The slot gpcrniits thebreech- 6 5 block D to rise after the extractor-finger and disk 6 are atthe rear of the breech-opening, for a purpose set forth hereinafter. Theconnections between the breech-block, lever E, and extractor-plate G aresuch that when the end of the lever E is thrown down to a limited extentthe breech-block will be raised to bring the receptacle a in line withthe bore, and the extractor-fingers will move back, as above described,throwing out the spent-cartridge case, after which another cartridge maybe inserted by hand in the receptacle a, when,

as the end of the lever E is carried upward, the extractor-finger anddisk 6 will move forward and the cartridge will be pushed forward by thedisk e and will be carried into the bore, after which the breech-blockwill descend to the position shown in Fig. 1 to close the disk e"againstthe breech. The end of the chamber or channel as is closed,except where it is opposite the receptacle a, sothat as the latter isbrought opposite the said channel a cartridge will be forced forward bythe usual spring into the receptacle a; but so long as the lever E isthrown downward only to a limo ited extent, as above described, thecartridge in the receptacle will prevent further feeding of thecartridges automatically.

When it is desired to use the arm as a magazine-gun,instead of loadingby hand,the lever. E after the discharge of each spentcartridge. case isthrown down to its full extent, Fig. 2, when the block D will first becarried upward sufficiently to bring the receptacle u opposite the bore,and then will bearrested while the extractor-finger and disk 6' arecarried back until the receptacle u is opposite the bore, af-

ter which the finger and disk 6 will move forward through the receptacle1:. and force the cartridge into the bore. Upon drawing up the end ofthe lever E the block D will be brought to the position shown in Fig. 1,another cartridge will be forced from the magazine into the receptaclea, while the breech will be closed preparatory to a second discharge.

As those features of the arm can be fully understood by reference to thepatent of T. Cullen for a magazine-gun, dated April 13, 1869, No.88,853, they need not here be further alluded to. v

In connection with the sliding breech having the movements abovedescribed, Iv use a self-cocking arrangement whereby the hammer J isbrought to a half-cock when the receptacleuis opposite the bore,and isretained in this position after the block descends to the position shownin Fig. 1, and whereby the said hammer is brought to a full-cockautomatically when the block ascends sufficiently to bring thereceptacle at opposite the bore. The arrangement whereby this iseffected will be best understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 5. Thehammer J is secured to a transverse pin, h, carrying an arm, K, withinthe lock-case, the said arm or cocking-lever having a pro jecting lug,4,which extends into a slot, 15, in the block D, so that as the blockrises and as the receptacle U is brought in line with the bore the arm Kwill be lifted at its forward end until a notch, 6, at the rear roundedend of the arm, will be engaged by a spring-locking lever or sear, L,which will prevent the forward end of the arm from descending, as it hasa tendency to do-under the action of a spring, M, connected to the armby a link, z. The hammer is thus brought to a half-cock and willbe-retained in this position as the block D descends to the positionshown in Fig. 1, which it can do owing to the length of the slot 15.When the block D is raised to its full extent,the arm K is lifted to theposition shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5, and the end of the lever Lengages with a shoulder, 9, and

holds the hammer at full-cock until the forward end of the lever L isthrown downward by drawing back the trigger N.

It will be seen that by the above-described arrangement the automaticfull-cocking of the hammer is prevented during the time that the gun isin position to-be used for hand-loading, so that the dangers incident toautomatic cooking in such instances are obviated. It will also be seenthat the notch 6 is formed to make a lip, n, which prevents the forwardend of the leverL from being thrown down, even when the trigger ispulled when the hammer is at half-cock.

When the barrel is fed automatically from the magazine and rapid firingis required, the hammer is brought to full-cock, and will be releasedthe instant the trigger is touched, so as to secure the desired rapidityof fire, in which case the precautions necessary when the loaded arm iscarried from place to place between fires need not be observed.

It will be apparent that other connections than those described may bemade between the double-chambered block and the hammer in order tohalf-cock the hammer when one chamber is used in hand-loading, and inorder to full-cock the hammer when the other chamber is used inmagazine-loading. Itherefore do notlimit the said OULLENs invention tothe special devices illustrated.

I claim- 1. The combination, in a magazine fire-arm, of a barrel, avertically-reciprocating breechblock arranged to permit the cartridgesfrom the magazine to pass into the lower chamber thereof when the breechis closed, a hammer and its cocking-lever operatively connected to thebreech-block and bearing a sear-locking device,whereby movement of thebreech-block to bring the upper chamber in line with bore of barrel willbring the hammer to and secure it at half-cock, and extreme uppermovement of breech-block full-cocks the hammer, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, in a magazine-arm, of the sliding breech-blockhaving two receptacles, a hammer,trigger, cocking-lever mounted on thepivotal pin of the hammer, and having an arm projecting into a slot inthe sliding breech, whereby the movement of the breechblock operates thehammer, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of the sliding breechblock provided with tworeceptacles, an arm extending into a slot in the breech-block, securedto the shaft carrying the hammer and the trigger, and sear-leverarranged to engage with notches 6 and 9 upon the arm, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination,with the hammer, sliding breech-block having two.receptacles, a trigger, its scar, and a connecting-lever between thebreech-block and hammer, of an arm secured thereto and provided withhalf and full cock notches, and a lip adapted to lock the sear athalf-cock, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK KERRIN, Administrator of the estate of Thomas Cullen,

deceased.

\Vitnesses:

\VILLIAM W. NoRrHRoP, J AOKSON MOGLATHERY.

